#passivhaus

Devon Passivhaus, United Kingdom,

Planning for this project was won under Paragraph 79, the Country House Clause.

The house is certified Passivhaus, and includes air source heating, MVHR, solar power, battery storage, super-insulation and triple-glazing throughout, to provide over 100% of required energy.

McLean Quinlan Architects,

Mikhail Riches - Goldsmith Street, passivhaus rated social housing, Norwich 2019. Photos (C) Tim Crocker.

Today I had my first tutorial for my Independent Research Project. This is the module for which we write out dissertation. So far I have researched 3 main topics over summer. These include Passivhaus Technology, Zero Carbon living, and Biomimicry. So, for this tutorial, I showed my tutor the initial research.

From this, we deduced that my next step would be to make links between the topics, find what aspects interest me and to come up with a main question or title for my dissertation and to make an extended bullet point plan of how iI could introduce information into my essay.

I feel that I have taken alot from this tutorial as it has given me some sort of direction as to where to go with my research and how I can explore these topics to discover what interests me.

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

The standard excuse for not building to Passive House standards of energy efficiency has been that it costs a lot more than conventional building. However, this is becoming less and less true as builders get more experienced.

Sloan Richie of Cascade Built has lots of experience; he even lives in one that we have shown a few times on TreeHugger. Now he has built the grandly named Pax Futura, (which literally translates as The Future of Peace). It's a rental apartment building with 35 small units designed by NK architects.

An illustration of a medium-sized minimalist sauna with beige walls.

Inspiration for a gravel retaining wall landscape in a small contemporary courtyard with partial sun.

Inspiration for a large, traditional, two-story, beige house with a tile roof

Ideas for a mid-sized, contemporary, two-story, wood house's exterior renovation